The subject of our third project on the island of Ugljan is in Ugljan itself. The project involves the reconstruction and upgrade of two houses within a complex of several stone houses with different owners.
The two houses mentioned above are family houses, but have been abandoned for a long time. The desire of investors is to revive and preserve existing houses built in the traditional Mediterranean style and at the same time to bring in them a touch of modern times.
The conversion of houses into holiday homes for rent to island visitors created the conditions for the revival of the long-abandoned structure. The visitor is able to experience the local ambience and history of the place with all the benefits of contemporary living.
Due to the current situation, the houses required different levels of reconstruction. Our project was based on the preservation and proper restoration of all existing elements such as stone walls, wooden floor structures, etc. One house was not preserved as a whole and had to be upgraded while the intervention in the second house concerned only the interior.
The said extension replicates the existing form of the house, which has been interpreted in a modern way. To the existing stone base, the ground floor of the house, we added a floor volume under a sloping roof completely lined with fibrous cement tiles and the extruded section of the house was drawn with steel frames and interpreted as a shaded terrace. The new gable wall was rebuilt in stone with an integrated firebox.
Inside the house we organized a living space according to the categorization of accommodation units. We connected the ground floor and the next floor with a new internal staircase.
The second house had a preserved external staircase, and the ground floor and first floor living spaces were connected via the outer space as it once was.
The outer space, framed by a number of existing houses, is also owned by the investor, and since other houses are not oriented towards it, we have used this potential to form a green yard with a pool available for the users of holiday homes.
The project is characterized by successful integration of contemporary facilities into existing traditionally built structures and preserving the spirit and ambiance of island towns.